However, if you look carefully, you’ll find some fascinating bits of dental news. The news is always filled with scandalous tales of people doing shocking things. If anyone involved in the story was a dentist, you can be sure Google News will let you know.

So, without further ado, here are this week’s most scandalous headlines!

A Louisiana dentist found guilty of tax evasion has been sentenced to two and a half years and ordered to pay $155k in restitution. And with the verdict, I’ve lost two of my favorite tax-avoidance strategies!

Dr. Louis Genard has not filed a tax return in 12 years. In 1997, he filed an affidavit declaring himself a “sovereign citizen of the Republic of Louisiana,” renouncing his US citizenship, and declaring that the IRS had no authority over him.

The IRS, however, disagreed with the doctor’s assessment and filed suit against him. He tried to have the charges dismissed due to his diplomatic immunity as an “Ambassador and Citizen of the Kingdom of Heaven under its King Jesus the Christ,” but the court was unsympathetic.

Unfortunately for Dr. Genard, the US justice system doesn’t give points for creativity.

Chicago dentist Dr. Gary Kimmel allegedly pocketed at least $372,000 in cash for his role in a prostitution ring. The doctor’s saga began several years ago, when a man who turned out to be a pimp responded to his apartment rental ad. The doctor leased cars for and rented apartments to at least three pimps. He also performed dental work for cash on the pimps and prostitutes, but never reported this income.

Dr. Kimmel is pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering. The plea agreement will require the dentist to pay $400,000 and serve several years of jail time.

Dr. Victor Patacchiola has a steady stream of patients in and out of his London dental practice. UK’s The Sun began investigating his practice after multiple patients claimed to have heard groans and other raunchy noises. “It sounded like someone having sex. It was really off-putting,” The Sun quoted a patient as saying.

It turns out that the dentist’s girlfriend (a blonde who goes by the name of “Tiny”) works upstairs from the dental practice, performing strip teases and sexual performances. The doctor defends the setup, claiming that Tiny is a therapist and everything is completely legal.

Ireland is facing a shortage of funds for higher education. A new plan proposes that, rather than raising tuition fees, graduates should have to pay a “graduate tax” to repay some of the costs of their education.

Dental students would face a €64,000 tax upon graduation.

Proponents of the plan insist that other graduates would have to pay far less, with the average student facing a €12,000 graduation tax.

As if dental school wasn’t expensive enough… How would you feel about paying an $87,000 tax to graduate?

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